Hat-pad-securing means



F. J. GREENE- HAI PAD SECURING MEANS. APPLICATION mu) MAY 2, 1919.

\ JR Il m Paten tedSept. 5, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

iazaeze I-IAT-PAD-SECURING MEANS,

Application filedMay 2, 1919. Serial No, 294,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. GREENE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pad-Securing Means, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attaching means for article carrying devices such as hat pads or any other suitable article carrying means with which my device is adapted for use.

The primary object of this invention is to provide an attaching device for the purpose stated, which is especially adapted for use in trunks, suit cases and the like, and which comprises a receiver secured to the interior of the trunk or other receptacle and a keeper adapted to detachably engage the receiver, and having fixed thereon the article carrying member.

A further object of this invention is to provide a detachable fastening for article carrying forms, such as hat pads and the like, which is struck from sheet material and which is of simple and eflicient design. With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of 35 parts substantially as hereinafter described,

and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention, constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a view part in section and part in elevation, said view being taken on the line 1--1 of Fig. a;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the receiver, the cap being detached therefrom;

keeper in the receiver.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the artiele carrying member and the keeper;

Fig. 41 is a view taken through Fig. 1 on the line 4.4;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.2 of a slightly modified form of aYreceiver; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken through Fig. 5 on the line 66.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates one wall of a trunk, suit case or the like (not shown), to which the receiver 11 is secured by means of fastenings 12. The form of receiver depicted in the first four views of the drawing is constructed in two parts and comprises a plain circular bottom or base plate 13 and an upper or top plate 14 having an intermediate raised portion provided with a centrally positioned opening and a series of raised wings 15 communicating with the central opening, the raised wings 15 defining a series of inwardly projecting retaining lugs 16.

The keeper 17 is struck from a single sheet of material and has its intermediate portion raised as at 18, and projecting laterally from the base of the raised portion is a series of retaining or locking lugs 19 defining a series of recesses 20 therebetween, and secured to the raised portion 18 by means of fastenings 21 is a hat receiving pad 22.

To secure the keeper in the retainer, lugs 19 are positioned in the recesses 15 of the receiver,and the keeper is rotated to bring the lugs 19 between the retaining lugs 16 and the base plate 13, thus detachably securing the To prevent the'accidental detachment of the keeper from the receiver, the lugs 16 each have formed on their under face a depression 23 adapted to receive a projection 2 1 formed on each lug 19, said depression and projection being formed by indentingithe lugs, as will be readily apparent.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have depicted a receiver formed of a single sheet of material by striking the edges thereof upwardly to provide a flange 25 and then bending portions 26 inwardly to form the retaining lugs. In place of fastenings 12, a single fastening member 27 is employed, and projections 28 struck downwardly from the base of the re ceiver bite into the wall 10 and prevent the rotation of the receiver when the keeper is being attached to or detached "from the receiver.

In the form of hat pad depicted in Fig. 1, the crown of the hat is engaged with the pad and the hat secured thereto by passing a hat pin therethrough, and while this invention hasbeen illustrated as adapted for use with a hat carrying pad, it will be understood that any type of article carrying means may be employed.

hat I claim as my invention is:

A device of the character described comprising a receiver including an intermediate raised portion provided with a central opening and a plurality of recesses in the raised portion defining inwardly projecting retaining lugs, a keeper provided with a raised in termediate portion and having its portion outwardly of the raised portion recessed to term retaining lugs, the retaining lugs of said keeper being adapted to be inserted in the recesses of said receiver and rotated to bring the lugs of said keeper under and in engagement with the lugs of said receiver, raised portions on the retaining lugs of one member for engaging depressions in the retaining lugs of the other member to prevent the accidental disengagement of said lugs "from each other and an article carrying member fixed to the raised portion of said keeper.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FREDERICK J. GREENE. 

